Overview
Three-month summer fellowship at Odense University Hospital with stepwise hands-on training towards independently performing VATS lobectomy.
The programme
- Focus
- General thoracic surgery / VATS
- Training type
- Travelling Fellowship (society-funded clinical placement)
- Duration
- 3 months (fixed dates 1 June – 1 September 2027)
- Start
- 1 June 2027
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- EACTS Francis Fontan Fund (FFF) fellowship
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- EACTS member; last year of training or within first four years after training; fluent English
- International applicants
- Open to EACTS members; the page sets no nationality or EU-residency restriction (EACTS membership is international). Fluent English required.
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Application window 1 July – 1 September 2026 (2026/27 cycle closed)
- Application method
- Online application to the EACTS Francis Fontan Fund with letter of support, letter of interest, CV with publications and operative experience (documents in English, Word or PDF)
Funding
- Funding
- Grant of €10,000